Four Corners Regional Care Center

Nursing Home

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Four Corners Regional Care Center's website

818 North 400 West,
Blanding UT 84511

(435) 678-2251

40.48% estimated occupancy ¹

Located in Blanding, Utah, Four Corners Regional Care Center is the lone nursing home we were able to find in this city. Sporting an overall grade of B, this facility is a very good choice. You can certainly do much worse than this place. The best part of this facility's strong report card is its inspection rating. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Government - County

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Facility Inspections

On top of being a strong nursing home overall, this nursing home excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A-. Few facilities performed better in that area. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this category generally have few severe deficiencies. While this place had some deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

This facility is also above average in the category of long-term care, where it was given a grade of B+. It performed better than most nursing homes in this category. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 81.29496 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is a few points less than we anticipated but still a decent percentage. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, at least this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

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Nurse Quality

Turning to the category of nursing care, this facility didn't perform quite as well in this area as some of the categories discussed above. Nevertheless, a grade of B- in this category is by no means a bad score. Our nursing score is largely tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Lastly, our nursing ratings also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this place actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically an indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a nursing home provides enough nurses aids to assist its residents.

Short-term Care Quality

The last category we graded is short-term care. We awarded it a grade of C in that area. This is a fair grade in this category. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that just 4.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Four Corners Regional Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Four Corners Regional Care Center, 5.97% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Four Corners Regional Care Center, 3.37% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who have experienced a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Four Corners Regional Care Center, 2.58% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of long-term residents which had a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is problematic to compare between facilities due to differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Four Corners Regional Care Center, 13.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients which were administered antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs are not medically indicated. However, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to having more patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Four Corners Regional Care Center, 22.06% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure gauges the percentage of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Four Corners Regional Care Center, 10.89% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care patients exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Four Corners Regional Care Center, 81.47% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Four Corners Regional Care Center, 13.42% Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Four Corners Regional Care Center, 19.07% Percentage of Residents

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

In Four Corners Regional Care Center, 0.86 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to the physical health of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Four Corners Regional Care Center, 19.07 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Four Corners Regional Care Center, 10.59 Percentage of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.

Nearby Hospitals

Blue Mountain HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 1.59 miles away802 South 200 West Blanding Utah 84511Voluntary non-profit - Private(435) 678-3993
San Juan HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.87 miles away380 West 100 North Monticello Utah 84535Government - Local(435) 587-2116